Seizan
Taisho / Showa period, 20th century
1926-1940
Painting
An ink and coloured painting on silk bordered in silk mounts and bone jikusaki (scroll ends). The painting depicts a red Koi carp leaping from the water and a dark Koi carp below. What looks like two carp at the base is the same fish, the artist has painted a faded version of the carp moments before trying to give movement to the image.
Signed Seizan
Scroll size 539mm x 1886mm
Painting size 354mm x 1153mm